Bohemian Acquaintance Party

Blasts NBCC!
By: Dave Laga

Taking a step in college emblematizes new beginning and new challenges for the students by
dodging vast of hurdles in making their tomorrow brighter. In building rapport and intermingle with the
fellow aspirants would be another essential milestones for the students. These kinds of experiences are
the priceless lessons they may bring to profound themselves.
It is a tradition of our venerated institution which is the Northern Bukidnon Community College
(NBCC) to have its annual acquaintance party. On the 23rd day of July, the most awaited celebration
began. The program held at ManoloFortich Municipal Gymnasium. The NBCC students even the faculty
and staff really exerted an effort for their preparations. The event was spearheaded by the force of the
agog Central Student Government Officials (CSG-Officials), highlighted with the theme; “Break the
Rules Tonight, Make Some Memories”. The remarkable show was formally opened by the speech of the
CSG-Moderator, Mrs. Grace Buiza, and hosted by Mr. Glenn GeramLompon and Ms. Charmaine
Tapulayan, our new TEP faculty instructors.
At exactly 5:00 in the afternoon, the NBCCians were very prepared and thrilled as well to expose
themselves wearing their glamorous bohemian outfits. The atmosphere that night seemed like the
participants were attending Met Gala or Star Magic Ball. At the middle of the show, the vivacious
audience entertained when North Bound Dance Company (NBDC) rocks the dance floor. Subsequently,
the crowd amused by the dance performances of the three departments called Pasikatan Dance
Showdown started with the money-makers, the BSBA, wearing their cool denim attires. Followed by the
young programmers, the BSIT who performed the popular K-Pop dance craze which is BhoomBhoom.
The last performers were the aspiring educators, the TEP, where Ms. Armel Grace Eala and Mr. Harvey
Taburno both PE instructors in NBCC performed with them. Those dynamic presentations served as a
competition of the show. The focal highpoint of the bohemian acquaintance party was the search for
Mister and Miss Boho Look 2018. Whereas the entire NBCC students undergone with pre-nomination
as they headed their way inside the gym. After a very short break, the hosts then announced the chosen
participants as the official candidates of the said search. They proudly exposed themselves on stage
presented their best boho outfits. Ms. Messier TeresseTugot, BSBA student and Mr. Reymel Jayson
Bahaynon from BSIT slayed the title as the official Mr. and Ms. Boho Look 2018. Aside from that, there
were also games where all of the students participated. After the entertaining parts of the show, Ms.
Gemma Abejo, TEP student led the prayer for the dinner. Afterwards, the hosts began announcing the
champion of the Pasikatan Dance Showdown, where the performers from TEP department declared as
the victors.
The final juncture of the show gives more excitement to the students and faculty, when DJ Lloyd
beats the music and blasts the entire gym with an ever mesmerizing rave party, everyone was obviously
enjoyed the acquaintance party. That night was very much important to the freshmen and transferees, for
it is the best of the best ways to welcome them and letting them feel comfortable because they deserve to
be the part of the NBCC’s stepping stones. It could also be an unsurpassed way of enlightening them
that this institution is not just a “JUST”, nevertheless a precise arena which will mold them to be
somebody in the future. Through this memorable night, freshmen and transferees were not just got
acquainted, but they also learned a huge value that it’s neither the number of colossal facilities nor
innovated instructional equipment, even the prominence of a school measure our credibility for both
local and national participation, it’s in the undying courage and perseverance collaboration that vary
most. We salute to the active people behind this successful celebration. Again and again, you can always
expect that NBCC will do its utmost best, to give you another unforgettable acquaintance party you will
still surely cherish and is worth to commemorate.

News-Feature
“New Curr: Out with the old, In with the new.”
Arvin Pagutayao
 It is now official in NBCC. Recently; the Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
implemented the new general education curriculum (GEC) which shortens some college courses by a
year.
Prospero “Popoy” de Vera, CHED officer-in-charge, said CHED Memorandum Order 20, series
of 2013 otherwise known as “General Education Curriculum: Holistic Understandings, Intellectual and
Civic Competencies” has been signed by the technical panel, and was implemented last academic year
2018-2019 with the aim of ensuring that there is no duplication of subjects between basic and higher
education.
The new general education curriculum has been aligned with the advanced subjects now to be
taken in Senior High School (Grades 11 and 12).
“The general education curriculum has been reduced from 63 units to 36 units because a lot of
subjects are now on Senior High School,” De Vera said, adding that the new curriculum focuses on the
skills that are needed in the university level.
The new curriculum is aligned with the K-to-12 [Kindergarten to Grade 12] program, the
Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) and the ASEAN Qualifications Framework (AQF). It is also
outcomes-based as it prepares students to become job-ready when they graduate.
The country is pursuing competency-based systems that shares a belief that the current purpose
of K-12 education is to facilitate a process through which all students graduate high school with the
academic and lifelong learning skills to be leaders in their communities, and agents of their own success
— whether in college, career, or navigating the opportunities and challenges they will encounter in their
lives
Under the new curriculum, five-year courses like engineering and nursing will be reduced to four
years while four-year arts and sciences programs will remain at four years.
The CHED, however, said that private universities and colleges will have the autonomy and
academic freedom if they will add more subjects which exclude NBCC. Now with that at hand new
students that happen to be the pioneers of new curriculum will be joining their hands with the remaining
old curr students to explore new learning and new possibilities.
According to a Social Studies teacher, Miss Selene Corro, at first they were shocked about the
news of the sudden changes and now they’re still adjusting to the new curriculum in which sources for
the subjects still lack especially books. Hence they resort to the internet. Although they have the internet
as a means of information center for their subjects, they think that our country, the Philippines is not yet
ready for an untimely change. However, they still manage to cope up with the assigned subject for them,
not only for their own gain but for the learners as well.
Change is essential for it foretells progress yet to this new order that has already been
implemented despite quiet qualms, the only thing to do to ensure success is to adapt.